Its goals are to increase housing supply, advance racial equity and build resilience and upward mobility.

[1] Founded in 1982 by developer/philanthropist James W. Rouse and his wife Patty, Enterprise has worked with community-based nonprofit organizations to develop 951,000 homes, investing $64 billion throughout the United States.

[3] Affordable housing advocate and attorney Priscilla Almodovar served as president and chief executive officer of Enterprise from September 2019 to December 2022.

[5][6] In 1972, three members of the Church of the Saviour—Terry Flood, Barbara Moore and Carolyn Banker—wanted to create low-income housing in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of D.C. With no development, financial or construction experience, they put down a non-refundable deposit to purchase the Ritz and Mozart apartment buildings.

Updates include a Path to Zero Energy, new water-quality standards, and a new approach to affordable housing in rural areas, tribal communities and small towns.